| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs; really and truly; a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4]); (bound form) bull's-eye; target | 277 | Lv 1 |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to | 146 | Lv 1 |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) | 101 | Lv 1 |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching | 69 | Lv 1 |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]); unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] | 66 | Lv 1 |
| 右 | yòu | (literary) the right side as the side of precedence; (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west | 58 | Lv 18 |
| 脚 | jiǎo | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; role (variant of 角[jue2]) | 54 | Lv 10 |
| 双手 | shuāng shǒu | both hands | 53 | Lv 40 |
| 左 | zuǒ | left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]; surname Zuo | 53 | Lv 17 |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4] | 53 | Lv 3 |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | 49 | Lv 1 |
| 把 | bǎ | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}); handle | 49 | Lv 1 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | 46 | Lv 1 |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate | 46 | Lv 1 |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct; earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4] | 44 | Lv 3 |
| 侧 | cè | the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; side; lean on one side | 43 | Lv 36 |
| 右手 | yòu shǒu | right hand; right-hand side | 43 | Lv 50 |
| 左手 | zuǒ shǒu | left hand; left-hand side | 42 | Lv 53 |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb | 41 | Lv 7 |
| 往 | wǎng | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous; old variant of 往[wang3] | 41 | Lv 6 |